How much live sand to add now?

thezookeeper · 06-01-2001, 05:51 PM

Hi all! My tank is ready enough for me to seed the sand bed. I was wondering how much live sand you folks think I should get? It is a 75 gallon and I have all of my very alive sand from my 10 gallon to bring over. There is about 3 inches of it. I was thinking of candybass.com or reefland for the livesand. Thanks in advance!

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Joanne

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That which does not kill us makes us stronger...like lifting those salt buckets.

thezookeeper · 06-04-2001, 10:18 PM

Up for advice.

Joanne

**golfish** · 06-04-2001, 10:25 PM

Joanne,
I would put in 4-5" of dead sand (Home Depot southdown or CaribSea Aragamax or similar) Then spread the sand from your 10 gal on top of that. IMO, that should be enough. You could also try to get a hand full of sand from fellow reefers in the area. The more sand you get from different tanks the more kinds of life you will have......

Mark

**Joaco** · 06-05-2001, 12:07 AM

...and here you have a calculator to see how much sand you will need:

http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/SandBed.htm

a link with more links to live sand beds:

http://www.wyx.com/iheo/tank/live-sand.htm

Joaco

***Reefland*** · 06-05-2001, 12:12 AM

Boy isn't it nice to have Link back!

I would say the sand from your 10g will seed it nicely. From there anything else you add is for diversity as golfish mentioned.

Regards,
Scott

06-01-2001, 05:51 PM	#1
thezookeeper Mayor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pittsburgh,PA, USA Posts: 992	How much live sand to add now? Hi all! My tank is ready enough for me to seed the sand bed. I was wondering how much live sand you folks think I should get? It is a 75 gallon and I have all of my very alive sand from my 10 gallon to bring over. There is about 3 inches of it. I was thinking of candybass.com or reefland for the livesand. Thanks in advance! [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] Joanne ------------------ That which does not kill us makes us stronger...like lifting those salt buckets.

06-04-2001, 10:18 PM	#2
thezookeeper Mayor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Pittsburgh,PA, USA Posts: 992	Up for advice. Joanne __________________ "Life savings? Sure, it's that brightly lit object sitting in the livingroom."

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06-04-2001, 10:25 PM	#3
golfish Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Alta Loma,Ca Posts: 2,943	Joanne, I would put in 4-5" of dead sand (Home Depot southdown or CaribSea Aragamax or similar) Then spread the sand from your 10 gal on top of that. IMO, that should be enough. You could also try to get a hand full of sand from fellow reefers in the area. The more sand you get from different tanks the more kinds of life you will have...... Mark

06-05-2001, 12:07 AM	#4
Joaco Moderator Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 1,574	...and here you have a calculator to see how much sand you will need: http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/SandBed.htm a link with more links to live sand beds: http://www.wyx.com/iheo/tank/live-sand.htm Joaco

06-05-2001, 12:12 AM	#5
*Reefland* Owner Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 13,046	Boy isn't it nice to have Link back! I would say the sand from your 10g will seed it nicely. From there anything else you add is for diversity as golfish mentioned. Regards, Scott

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